Legal Opinion

Waschow v. Kelly Coal Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1910PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This is a suit brought by defendant in error, Emma Waschow, in the circuit court of Vermilion county, against the Kelly Coal Company, plaintiff in error, to recover damages under the Mines and Miners act for an injury resulting in the death of her husband, Herman Waschow, in said company’s mine, September 26, 1907. A verdict of $3125 was returned by the jury and judgment entered thereon in favor of defendant in error. The Appellate Court affirmed this judgment, and the case has been brought here by a petition for certiorari, for further review.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Libby, McNeill & Libby v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. SilerIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Peebles v. O'Gara Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Dickson v. George B. Swift Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Smith v. Illinois Valley Ice Cream Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1959
  2. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. SteelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  3. Sullivan v. William Ohlhaver Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Fisher v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Brunnworth v. Kerens-Donnewald Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913

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